Ice-shoe for wagons



-(No Model.)

J. O. MATHUES.

10E SHOE FOR WAGONS.

N0.-362.641.- Patented May 10, 1887.-

UNITED I STATES PATE T OFFICE.

JOHN C. MAIHUES, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

ICE-SHOE FOR WAGONS.

$PECIFICA TIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,641, dated May 10, l 887.

Application filed January 13, 1887.

To all whom, it may concern.- 7

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. MATHUES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Wayne, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ice-Shoes forXVagon-Wheels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of iceshoes used upon wagons and other vehicles to prevent sliding sidewise on inclined icy roadways.

My invention consists-in the devices herein described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved shoe. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the runners 'or blades thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan of the shoe. Fig. at is a sidev elevation of the shoe, showing it attached to a wheel, the felly and spokes of which are shown in dotted lines.

In Fig. 1 A A A is a framing of bar-iron in the form of a clevis, at the open end of which the bars are turned up or curved in the form of a sled-runner, each end being furnished with a hole to receive a horizontal bolt, D, which is held in place by aspring-key, b. The bars A A are curved in semicircular format the rear end, and are parallel at a proper distance from each other to admit the felly of the wheel, as seen in Fig. 4. The blades or cutters B B are rectangular plates, preferably made of steel, of greater length than width, and of a thickness sufficient to support the loaded vehicle, made thinner at the edges and rounded at the corners, and are secured vertically to the framing A A, on the outside thereof, by'serew-bolts a a a at, having alongitudinal brace or stay, 0, secured between the nut of the screw-bolt and the vertical surface of the blade B.

It will be seen that the blades B by their construction are readily reversible, and can be used with either edge down or with either end in front, and are also interchangeable or capable of being used on either side of the frame.

Serial No. 224.306. (No model.)

D to pass through the holes in the frame over the inner surface of the felly, which is thus embraced by the framing, said bolt resting immediately in front of and against the spoke a, as seen in Fig. 4. As the wheel is moved forward the distance allowed by the slack in the lock-chain, the wheel mounts the shoe and rests thereon, so that the weight of the wheel is thrown upon the blades B B, which penetrate the icy surface and prevent the lateral movement of wheel and vehicle. The shoe is readily removed by removing the bolt D and moving the wagon slightly ahead.

m represents the felly, and n n the spokes, of an ordinary wagon-wheel with my improved ice-shoe attached.

Having thus fully described my said im provement, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an ice-shoe for wagon wheels, the clevisshaped frame A A A, constructed as described, the blades or cutters B B, being reversible and interchangeable, the screw-bolts a at ac, and the stay-plate 0, combined with the felly m and spokes n it of a wagon-wheel, in

the manner and for the purpose substantially JOHN C. MA'IHUES.

Witnesses:

W. T. DENNIS, WM. A. PEELLE. 

